Leopards radio-collared!
Sanjay Gandhi National Park has radio-collared two leopards, three-year-old Savitri and six-to-eight-year-old Maharaja, to understand how leopards have adapted to an urban landscape. The park authority displayed a demonstration of the workings of the collars today. Photo: Uma Kadam/BCCL
Mumbai records 5,185 fresh cases, 6 deaths in 24 hours
With the second wave of COVID-19 increasing rapidly in Mumbai, the city reported 5,185 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The total caseload now stands at 3,74,611. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
The mango season
A fruit seller at Mumbai's Crawford market sells Alphonso mangoes. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Dharavi records 62 fresh cases
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has released a report stating Mumbai's Dharavi has recorded 62 fresh cases on Wednesday. The total caseload reached 4,531. There are 237 active cases in the area. Meanwhile, 3,977 people in the area have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Traffic jam in Khar
The construction of a flyover in Vakola Road led to a traffic jam in Khar on Wednesday. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Salman Khan gets COVID-19 vaccine
Superstar Salman Khan gets his first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. The actor took to social media and shared the news. Photo: Raju Shelar/BCCL
Get tested to enter mall
People wait for their turn to get tested for coronavirus as a healthcare worker, wearing protective gear, takes a compulsory swab sample of visitors at Star Mall in Dadar. It's a mandate to undergo Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) in Mumbai before entering malls and at crowded places in Mumbai. Photo: Sanjay Hadkar/BCCL
Aamir Khan tests positive
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Aamir's team shared that the actor is doing fine and is currently under home quarantine. Aamir had met CM Uddhav Thackeray on Monday. Photo: PTI
Crowd at Bhaucha Dhakka
Hundreds of people gathered at Bhaucha Dhakka on Wednesday morning, disregarding all social distancing norms amid the spurt in coronavirus cases in Mumbai. People were seen moving around without masks and flouting COVID norms. Photo by Sachin Haralkar/BCCL
Fadnavis meets Governor
A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and handed him a memorandum with a list of Uddhav Thackeray-led government's 100 plus failures. The meeting comes amid the 'extortion' allegations against Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and alleged IPS transfers racket row.
Electric bus in Navi Mumbai
A lorry was seen carrying an electric bus to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) bus depot in Turbhe on Wednesday. The NMMC, which already operates 30 electric buses, has vowed to phase out all diesel buses and maintain a fleet of only electric and CNG-run buses. Photo by KK Choudhary/BCCL
Swab testing at Turbhe
On Wednesday, a swab testing drive was carried out at the Turbhe railway station in Navi Mumbai. A doctor with the NMMC was seen collecting the swabs of passengers which will be then sent for testing. Photo by KK Choudhary/BCCL
Jiya Rai wins gold
Jiya Rai, who represented Maharashtra in the S14 sub-junior category at the National Para-Swimming Championship 2020-21, has won three gold medals. She had participated in 200-meters freestyle, 100 meters backstroke and 100 meters butterfly events and won gold in all three.
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